Thursday, November 15, 2012

MAT RATS CLASS 1A 2012-2013 PREVIEW

MAT RATS CLASS 1A PREVIEW 2012-2013


FAVORITES: ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA COUGARS and the CHATFIELD GOPHERS

The Cougars of Zumbrota-Mazzepa should be a favorite in 1A with the experience back from their 22-12 campaign and section championship. They have six section place winners returning including four state qualifiers along with eight others with a great deal of varsity experience. They will have eight wrestlers returning with 20 wins or more. This young team gained a whole lot of experience from their two state tourney dual last season. With the graduation of just one senior look for this team to make huge strides over the course of the season. They should challenge for conference honors and looking to defend their section 1A title. Joey Majerius, Mitchell Watkins, Cody Heitman, Dillon Downes should be their key leaders thru out the state tourney.

The Gophers of Chatfield should make a strong challenge for both conference and section honors. Back from their 22-7 campaign are eight section place winners of which three were state qualifiers, two of them were state place winners. They also have four others with a great deal of varsity experience returning. They had earned the number one seed in last year's dual meet campaign and they were upset. Despite the graduation of five seniors including three section place winners they will be looking to challenge for both conference and section honors. Justin Viss, Hank Friedricks, Alex Hoffner, Harvey Friedricks and A. J. Riley should be their leaders thru out the season.

DARK HORSES: KENYON-WANAMINGO KNIGHTS and the LAKE CITY TIGERS

The Knights of Kenyon-Wanamingo could make a challenge as they have back a good bunch from their 20-5 campaign. They have six section place winners including one state qualifier and seven others with a great deal of varsity experience. Despite the fact that they graduated seven including two state champions. This young team should continue to improve over the course of the season. They should have a major impact both the conference and the section dual meet campaigns. Alex Jackson, Drew Sathrum, Luke Rechtzigel, Jace Clawiter and Nick Langer should be their key leaders thru out the season. Also the return of Wayne Henslin from medical issues will be a huge boost for the Knights. Wayne was 29-12 and 2nd in section two years ago.

The Tigers of Lake City have back from last year's 9-11 dual meet campaign six section place winners including two state qualifiers and seven others with a great deal of varsity experience. Despite the graduation of three section place winners including two state place winners. Look for the Tigers to improve on their dual meet numbers and to make a strong challenge for a top four spot in this section dual meet campaign. Will Balow, Andrew Schmidt, Carston Dammann and Shane Siewert should be their key leaders thru out the season.

Look for the Wildcats of Goodhue and the Falcons of Wabasha-Kellogg to push for a top four spot in the section. There are four state tourney medal winners back from last season; including Joe Majerus earned third place, Will Balow earned fifth place, Hank Friedericks earned fifth place and Justin Viss earned sixth place. There are a total of twenty state qualifiers returning from last year's state tourney action. Those not mentioned above are: Porter Sercist, Eric Norgrant and Zach Shepherd of Wabasha-Kellogg, Mitchell Breuer of Goodhue; Sam McPhail of Pine Island, Cody Ball and Daniel Chavez of St. Charles, Brock Franko and Lucas Etchason of Triton and Dakota Welsh of Dover-Eyota.

Look for the following wrestlers: Kyle Drehmel, Matthew Lexvold and Ryan Tipcke of Goodhue, Zach Kennedy, Mitchell Kukson and Adam Pleshcourt of Pine Island, Jacy Ball, Dane Mueller and Andew Dayland of St. Charles, Patrick Ramirez, Alex Head and Seth Johnson of Triton, Jon Renkin, Tanner Welsh and Michael Otoma of Dover-Eyota, Isaac Wangen of Hayfield and Niko Anderson, Tom Henry and Connor Hanson of Fillmore County Central to Challenge for medals at the end of the season.

ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA COUGARS
Head Coach: Link Steffen
Enrollment: 339
22-12 Overall Duals Meets
8-3 Hiawatha Valley Conference Duals
Six Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Section 1A Champions

Fourth Place Glencoe-Silver Lake "Don Hall" Tourney: 119.5 Pts. (10 Placers)
Seventh Place BI-State Classic Tourney: 111 Pts. (2 Placers)
Fourth Place Zumbrota-Mazeppa "Cougar" Duals
Thirty-Second Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 22 Pts.
Fifth Place Maple River "Eagles" Tourney: 53 Pts. (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Joey Majeruis 10th 44-6 1st Sec./3rd State/AC

Mitchell Watkins 12th 39-11 2nd Section

Cody Heitman 11th 33-15 2nd Section/AC

Dillan Downes 10th 26-13 2nd Section

Hunter Prodzinski 11th 26-19

Nathan Bennett 12th 25-20

Andy Siems 12th 22-19 5th Section

Freeman Hunt 10th 20-25

Shane Bode 11th 17-28 5th Section

Evan Block 10th 15-15

Matt Hodgeman 12th 8-11

Chase Steffen 11th 10-14

Devin Manzy 9th 8-20

Noah Prodzinski 11th 7-28

Tyler Pocelet 10th 4-18

Caleb Grannini 11th 1-10

Jordan Ronnington 10th 1-8

Andrew Krause 10th 1-7

Graduate:

Taylor Parker 13-26


CHATFIELD GOPHERS
Head Coach: Joel Viss
Enrollment: 251
22-7 Overall Dual Meets
8-1 Three Rivers Conference Duals
Eleven Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Two State Place Winners
Section 1A Final Four
Second Place Fillmore Central "Holiday" Tourney: 176 Pts (9 Placers)
Second Place WEM/JWP "Mike Fasnacht Memorial" Tourney: 199 Pts. (13 Placers)
Third Place Lake City "Tigers" Tourney: 160 Pts. (9 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Hank Friedericks 10th 41-5 2nd Sec./5th State/AC

Justin Viss 12th 35-12 1st Sec./6th State/AC

Alex Haffner 11th 34-8 1st Section/AC

Harvey Friedericks 11th 34-7 3rd Section/AC

A. J. Riley 11th 26-8 4th Section/AC

Ryan Meeker 10th 21-17 5th Section

Tye Benz 11th 20-22 6th Section

Sam Fryer 12th 18-19 6th Section

Jacob Bleess 10th 10-27

Dalton Lundby 10th 5-11

Jared Goldsmith 10th 3-2

Ben Pierce 10th 3-12

Graduates:

Jeremy Benike 27-14 3rd Section

Cody Wrubel 28-14 4th Section

Matt Salerno 15-7

Josh Johnson 18-23 6th Section/AC

Nick Haffner 11-16


KENYON-WANAMINGO KNIGHTS
Head Coach: Matt Ryan
Enrollment: 230
20-5 Overall Dual Meets
9-2 Hiawatha Valley Conference Duals
Nine Section Place Winners/Three State Qualifiers
Two State Championships
Section 1A Runner Up
First Place Minnehaha Academy "Knight Hawk" Tourney: 207.5 Pts. (12 Placers)
Second Place Kenyon-Wanamingo "Dave Mauseth" Tourney: 153 Pts. (10 Placers)
Seventeenth Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Tourney: 84 Pts. (2 Placers)
Twentieth Place Wisconsin "Cheese Head" Tourney: (24 Teams)


Returning Wrestlers:

Alex Jackson 12th 29-11 1st Section

Drew Sathrum 10th 30-10 3rd Section/AC

Jace Clawiter 11th 32-12 5th Section/AC

Nick Langer 12th 28-14 3rd Section/AC

Luke Rechtzigel 9th 22-6 3rd Section

Trent Brossard 11th 17-21 5th Section

Wayne Henslin 12th (Medical Issues) (29-12 2nd Sec./AC 2yrs ago)

Ted Androli 9th 13-20

Nick Bauer 12th 15-16

Kyle Munstermann 11th 7-4

Dylan Craig 8th 7-11

Bailey Paquin 10th 6-21

Mark Cruz 11th 5-8

Mason Stevenson 9th 7-6

Jared Clawiter 9th 1-1

Billy Henslin 9th 1-1

Austin Jackson 9th 1-0

Graduates:

Mitchel Lexvold 46-1 1st Sec./State Champ/AC (212-23 Career)

Oakley McLain 42-4 1st Sec./State Champ/AC (177-23 Career)

Kevin Hope 13-22 4th Section

Tyler Peterson 16-21

Mitch Donkers 6-6

Blake Johnson 3-5

Travis Johnson 2-12


GOODHUE WILDCATS
Head Coach: Josh Grant
Enrollment: 194

14-16 Overall Dual Meets
4-7 Hiawatha Valley Conference Duals
Eight Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
First Place Mauston, Wis. Duals: (5-0)
Third Place Chisago Lakes "Wildcats" Tourney: 155.5 Pts. (13 Placers)
Fifth Place Cresco, IA "Flanagan" Tourney: 133 Pts. (12 Placers)
Second Place Robbinsdale Cooper "Hawk" Duals: (2-1)

Returning Wrestlers:

Kyle Drehmel 12th 36-5 4th Section/AC

Mitchell Breuer 12th 29-14 2nd Section

Matthew Lexvold 11th 29-10 4th Section

Ryan Tipcke 12th 21-16 4th Section

Jacob Blattner 12th 18-13 6th Section

Dan Clugston 12th 12-25

Bailee O'Reilly 8th 17-21

Logan Breuer 10th 13-23

Matthew Deneen 11th 8-25

Joel Gadient 8th 6-0

Charles Dahling 10th 3-9

Josh Dahling 11th 2-1

Graduates:

Weston Gadient 28-7 1st Section/6th State

Justin Simmons 21-18 3rd Section

Wyatt Gadient 14-16 6th Section

Thomas Ramboldt 15-24

Josh Kelm 11-24


LAKE CITY TIGERS
Head Coach: Lonnie West
Enrollment: 348
9-11 Overall Dual Meets
7-4 Hiawatha Valley Conference Duals
Nine Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Three State Place Winners
Third Place PEM "Bulldogs" Tourney: 143 Pts. (12 Placers)
Fifth Place Winona "Win Hawks" Tourney: 145.5 Pts. (7 Placers)
Sixth Place Lake City "Tiger" Tourney: 128 Pts. (7 Placers)
Thirty-Second Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 20 Pts.

Returning Wrestlers:

Will Balow 11th 36-6 1st Sec./5th State/AC

Andrew Schmidt 10th 25-11 2nd Section/AC

Shane Siewert 10th 27-12 4th Section/AC

Carston Dammann 12th 25-10 4th Section/AC

Andrew Denzer 11th 16-19 6th Section

Joel Gay 12th 14-18

Michael Noll 10th 11-18

Derek Bremer 10th 9-21

Troy Nibbe 11th 4-10 6th Section

Kevin McGinley 10th 5-14

Easton Cox 10th 3-12

Noah Bailey 10th 2-13

Levi Norman 9th 2-21

Tyler Frank 9th 1-2

Graduates:

Rusty Grisim 36-6 1st Sec./4th State/AC (166-33 Career)

Pedro Guevara 18-9 1st Sec./4th State

Austin Poss 16-18 6th Section


WABASHA-KELLOGG FALCONS
Head Coach: Ron Sanders
Enrollment: 208
16-9 Overall Dual Meets
7-2 Three River Conference Duals
Eight Section Place Winners/Four State Qualifiers
Final Four Section 1A
Second Place Winona "Win Hawk" Tourney: 179.5 Pts. (10 Placers)
Second Place Zumbrota-Mazeppa "Cougar" Duals: (2-1)
Fifth Place Lake City "Tigers" Tourney: 140 Pts. (9 Placers)
Seventh Place JCC "Pizza Ranch" Tourney: 95 Pts. (9 Placers)
Fifth Place Centennial "Couger" Duals: (2-1)
Twenty-Ninth Place Rochester "Minnesota Christmas" Tourney: 33 Pts. (1 Placer)

Returning Wrestlers:

Porter Secrist 12th 33-12 2nd Section/AC

Eric Norgrant 11th 24-17 2nd Section/AC

Zach Shepherd 12th 26-15 2nd Section/AC

Joe Hedquist 12th 12-25 4th Section

Trent Olson 11th 16-21

Kaleb Olson 9th 18-16

Paul Novak 10th 13-26

Bryton Miller 11th 12-27

Ryan Lager 11th 11-21

Brian Schmalzriedt 9th 7-29

Jimmy Warren 12th 1-6

Graduates:

Mick Roemer 39-6 2nd Sec./2nd State/AC

Paul Kruger Jr. 30-11 3rd Section/AC

Matt Verdick 28-12 4th Section/AC

Bill Shones 23-10 4th Section


ST. CHARLES FIGHTING SAINTS
Head Coach: Mike Mathison
Enrollment: 263

9-8 Overall Dual Meets
4-5 Three River Conference Duals
Seven Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fourth Place Winona "Win Hawk" Tourney: 148.5 Pts. (8 Placers)
Fifth Place WEM/JWP "Mike Fasnacht Memorial" Tourney: 113 Pts. (8 Placers)
Seventh Place Cannon Falls "Bombers" Tourney: 74.5 Pts. (6 Placers)
Eight Place Lake City "Tigers" tourney: 80 Pts. (5 Placers)
Returning Wrestlers:

Cody Ball 12th 31-9 2nd Section/AC

Daniel Chavez 12th 25-14 2nd Section

Dane Mueller 12th 25-15 3rd Section

Jacy Ball 9th 34-9 5th Section/AC

Caleb Small 11th 21-16 5th Section

Andrew Dayland 11th Injured

Chris Roth 12th 16-18

Tommy Miller 9th 15-16

Landon Majerus 11th 9-16

Ricardo Chavez 10th 4-10

Alan Spaeth 9th 2-3

Buck Mueller 10th 1-3

Ty Doan 10th 2-6

Graduates:

Matt Wilson 24-13 4th Section

Josh Nicklay 15-16 4th Section


PINE ISLAND PANTHERS
Head Coach: Dwight Gingerich
Enrollment: 333
3-10 Overall Dual Meets
3-8 Hiawatha Valley Conference Duals
Eight Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
First Place Trinity at River Ridge Tourney: 212 Pts. (11 Placers)
Third Place Montevideo "Dave Roder" Tourney: 102 Pts. (8 Placers)
Fifth Place Cannon Falls "Bombers" Tourney: 111 Pts. (6 Placers)
Fifth Place Zimmerman "Thunder" Tourney: 154 Pts (12 Placers)
Fifth Place Pine Island "Panthers" Tourney: 110.5 Pts. (10 Placers)
Seventh Place FCLMC "Holiday" Tourney: 93 Pts. (5 Placers)
Seventh Place Totino Grace "Eagles" Tourney: 104 Pts. (10 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Sam McPhail 11th 26-11 2nd Section/AC

Mitchell Kukson 12th 26-13 5th Section/AC

Adam Pleshcourt 11th 24-18 6th Section

Zach Kennedy 11th 21-14 3rd Section

Bradey Kunz 12th 14-13 6th Section

Isaac Haman 8th 15-18

Trevor Turner 8th 12-18

Brenden Dugstad 11th 9-13

Tyler Lejcher 11th 5-27

Isaiah Rutten 12th 4-7

Joe Briggs 9th 2-8

Graduates:

Brady Rueb 24-13 2nd Section

Brad Haze 29-13 3rd Section/AC (67-45 Career)

Bradley Bye 14-20

Calvin LaCasse 3-13

Adam Blackweet 1-9


TRITON COBRAS
Head Coach: Shane VanBeek
Enrollment: 283
10-16 Overall Dual Meets
3-8 Hiawatha Valley Conference Duals
Three Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fourth Place LeCenter "Bezdichek" Tourney: 148.5 Pts. (8 Placers)
Sixth Place WEM/JWP "Mike Fashnacht Memorial" Tourney: 109.5 Pts. (8 Placers)
Eight Place Kenyon-Wanamingo "Dave Mauseth" Tourney: 86 Pts. (7 Placers)
Second Place Southland "Rebel" Duals: (2-1)
Third Place Nicollet "Rider" Duals: (2-2)

Returning Wrestlers:

Bock Franko 12th 30-6 1st Section/AC

Lucas Etchason 11th 29-11 1st Section/AC

Patrick Ramirez 11th 30-3 3rd Section/AC

Seth Johnson 11th 24-8

Alex Head 12th 22-11

Levi Hickey 11th 18-16

J. T. Schwering 12th 11-24

Charlie Groll 9th 7-29

Max Henderson 9th 6-10

Randy Henderson 9th 5-8

Adam Vacura 9th 4-4

Grarrett Franko 10th 2-1

Graduates:

Sam Kispert 21-19

Kaleb Boettcher 17-5

Jorge Reyes 5-27

Tanner Krucheberg 4-4


DOVER-EYOTA EAGLES
Head Coach: Curt Olson
Enrollment: 303
5-16 Overall Dual Meets
4-5 Three River Conference Duals
Six Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers
Fifth Place Fillmore Central "Holiday" Tourney: 119 Pts (7 Placers)
Seventh Place Winona "Win Hawks" Tourney: 122 Pts. (6 Placers)
Eight Place Stewartville "Tigers" Tourney: 86 Pts. (5 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Dakota Welsh 11th 31-8 1st Section/AC

Jon Renken 12th 28-14 4th Section

Tanner Welsh 9th 22-11 5th Section

Mitchael Otomo 9th 24-16 6th Section

Ryan Keach 9th 13-22 5th Section

Logan Luker 12th 13-19

Ben Boynton 11th 10-6

Tyler Ferson 12th 3-18

Alec Olson 9th 4-8

Noah Teed 9th 2-8

Justin Hanenberger 11th 1-24

Graudates:

Sonny Komaniecki 27-11 1st Section/AC

Carson Curran 19-15



HAYFIELD VIKINGS
Head Coach: Brad Heydt
Enrollment: 232
3-19 Overall Dual Meets
0-11 Hiawatha Valley Conference Duals
Four Section Place Winners
Sixth Place Hayfield "Vikings" Tourney: 73 Pts. (8 Placers)
Eight Place Lake City "Tigers" Tourney: 80 Pts. (6 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Isaac Wangen 12th 21-9 3rd Section

Corey Thompson 11th 16-12 3rd Section

Cameryn Stadler 10th 16-10 5th Section

Conner Nelson 11th 19-17

Garrison Mindrup 11th 16-18 6th Section

Mike Wytaske 11th 6-23

Trey Chatman 8th 5-9

Jackson Heydt 8th 4-3

Lane Canny 8th 4-1

Jax Bauer 10th 3-5

Andrew Becker 10th 3-7

Cole Loneragan 12th 1-3

Graduate:

Joe Volgarino 13-11


FILLMORE COUNTY CENTRAL FALCONS
Head Coach: Joe Cullen
Enrollment: 159

4-10 Overall Dual Meets
1-8 Three River Conference Duals
Five Section Place Winners
Six Place Cresco, IA "Flanagan" Tourney: 86 Pts. (7 Placers)
Seventh Place PEM "Bulldog" Tourney: 55 Pts. (4 Placers)
Eight Place Fillmore Central "Holiday" Tourney: 76 Pts. (5 Placers)
Eight Place Hayfield "Vikings" Tourney: 41 Pts. (2 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers:

Niko Anderson 11th 30-10 3rd Section/AC

Tom Henry 11th 20-13 6th Section/AC

Connor Hanson 11th 20-12 5th Section

Chris Collett 12th 15-19

Alex Fishbaugher 11th 7-9 6th Section

Gabe Decker 11th 17-18

Monty Holm 11th 15-14 5th Section

Jarrett Brown 12th 16-13

Andy Love 11th 7-16

Rose Mckenna 10th 7-16

Josh Jones 11th 3-15

Graduate:

Brandon Hungerholt 3-1

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